smuggler

Niujiao Village is located in the depths of a quiet mountain, with low tile-roofed houses. On the surface, the village is peaceful and there is nothing weird about it, but for some reason, it always makes me feel terrified.

Under the leadership of the village chief, I was taken to their home. Along the way, I met villagers in twos and threes. These villagers, male or female, had sallow and dull faces.

It is very clear that I am a foreigner, and each of them looks at me differently.

But every time I stare straight in the eyes, I always feel that it is not a good thing.

"The houses in our village are simple and simple, and the guests from outside live here. The conditions are a bit difficult, so you can make do with it." The village chief smiled.

Under the arrangement of the village head, I lived in their side house, which was indeed simple but clean.

After the village chief finished speaking, he looked at me eagerly, as if waiting for me to say something, I gave him a blank look.

"Village Chief, is there anything else?" I asked suspiciously.

The village chief was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, you can stay here at ease, then I won't bother you."

After the village chief said, he looked at me with a restrained smile and exited the room.

During dinner, the village chief was all smiles, but it was his wife who was cooking, who glanced at me from time to time when serving the dishes, and her eyes were full of disgust and hatred.

It really was a dream, I glanced at my phone, it was only past one o'clock in the morning, and I was about to go back to sleep, when Chu Yuan's voice suddenly came from my ear.

What the village chief said to me made his wife look at me with even more pain and hatred.

"There's someone out there!"

Just as I stepped forward, she slowly turned her head back.

The village chief took a look at my face, leaned closer and whispered, "Someone introduced you?"

I couldn't help but get closer.

His expression didn't look like he was lying to me. If he said it directly, I guess something bad would happen.

"Don't come in!" the man yelled, "Go back immediately, don't tell anyone what happened tonight, leave here early tomorrow morning, I will find you."

I felt a little heavy in my body, and wanted to open my eyes, but found that it was impossible.

I hummed and was about to speak when suddenly a noise interrupted my thoughts. I pushed open the door and saw the village head arguing with a young man. Wang Xiulian stood aside with a numb expression and empty eyes.

Since the old woman asked me to come here, it means that this place is definitely not simple.

The village head immediately smiled, nodded and said, "Don't worry, we have a lot of goods here, and I'm sure we can pick something that satisfies you."

The woman's back is very familiar, very familiar, as I walked in, that strong sense of familiarity, and then shortness of breath.

I felt a little uneasy, wondering how long that figure had been watching me outside the window.

I looked away from the village head's wife, smiled politely and said, "I'm out!"

Whether it's the pockmarked face I saw yesterday or the village chief, they all seem to be talking to me.

When the village chief said this, he stared straight at me. After thinking about it, I nodded slightly.

After chasing for a while, the figure suddenly got into the grove and disappeared from my sight. Chu Yuan interrupted me and said, "Don't chase anymore."

Although nothing special has happened since entering the village, whether it is the old man I met on the bridge or the village chief's house until now, it always makes people feel that this is not an easy matter.

I originally wanted to ask the village chief directly, but after thinking about what Mazilian said, I still felt it was inappropriate.

Thinking about Wang Xiulian's slightly sluggish appearance when we first met, my doubts became more and more serious. Everyone in this village seemed abnormal.

That figure was not far away from me, and the sound of chasing along the way was not small, but no one came out from the whole village.

That's... another me.

"Did I beg you to do this!" The young man was not afraid of the furious village chief, and even sneered, "You think I want to come back?"

I plan to stay here first, and then check out the nursing home that the old woman said, but I didn't see any nursing home when I came all the way at the beginning.

The voice was very strange, I gritted my teeth and raised my legs to walk in.

Chu Yuan said to me: "My vitality is still weak, you have to play by ear, if there is something you can't handle, you can call me."

"What are you doing back here!" The village chief pointed at the young man with a ferocious face, "Do you know how much effort I have put in to get you out of here!"

While thinking about the weirdness in the village, I felt drowsy, and fell asleep under the old-smelling quilt.

I was about to leave and wanted to ask the village chief after dawn, when I suddenly heard a man's voice coming from the woods.

"This is not where you should come, leave the village early tomorrow morning."

Just when I thought the man had left, I suddenly heard him say: "It doesn't matter who I am, if you want to survive, you'd better get out of here as soon as possible."

My heart was pounding, and treachery and terror intertwined and hit me.

I turned my head sharply and found a figure outside the window.

It's just that the eyes of those villagers are indeed a little strange, as if everyone is hiding something.

I had a strange dream. I dreamed that I came to the bridge into the village again. There was no old man on the bridge, but there was a woman sitting on the bridge with her back facing the guardrail.

Before returning to the room after dinner, I took a look at the village head's wife, a woman named Wang Xiulian, who was wearing coarse linen clothes and trousers, standing at the door of the room and looking at the distant mountains.

But what are they talking about?
Seeing that I didn't speak, the village chief understood and smiled unabated.

In case he has any ill intentions towards me, he barges in while I'm asleep... Thinking of Chu Yuan's presence, I'm not too scared, grabbing the cloth bag and chasing him out.

I stood at the place where he disappeared, looking at the dark woods. If that person really meant something bad to me, and I went in alone, maybe it would be right for me.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from my ear.

I turned my head, and at some point, there were many women standing on the bridge. Those women looked at me blankly, with smiles on their ceramic faces.

After that, no matter how much I shouted, there was no response from the woods.

When I got back to my residence, it was already dawn, I didn't feel sleepy, and my head was in a mess.

There was silence in the forest, only the night wind rustling the leaves.

I opened my eyes suddenly, sat up covering my chest, panting heavily.

"Bai Yao...Bai Yao..." A soft call came from the side.

"Our village is too far away from the city, and we seldom go there, so we don't have any good food!" The village head said with a smile.

These words made me a little puzzled. Could it be that my guess just now was wrong, and this person doesn't have any bad thoughts about me?
"Who are you? Why are you standing outside my window?" Feeling that the other party seemed to have no malicious intentions, I asked boldly.

That look, as if something in the mountains was calling her.

"Who's there!?" I shouted loudly, and the figure ran away immediately.

I didn't speak, but frowned.

This village is completely different from what I thought. I thought it would be weird, but after entering it, it seemed nothing special.

The village chief grabbed the young man by the collar and gritted his teeth: "Go back before he sees you! Don't ruin my business!"

The young man's face suddenly became calm, and there was a trace of grief in his voice: "Do you know what day it is?"

When the village chief was stunned, the young man pushed him away, straightened his clothes, grabbed the luggage on the ground, turned and left.

We saw a woman with a hat at the gate of the yard waiting for him to leave together.

The village chief turned around and saw Wang Xiulian with a numb face, and suddenly raised his hand and slapped her on the face: "Look at your wonderful son!"